Coffin 2 Page #4

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Agent Church, Ashley Fingerling.

She's our lab rat that

discovered that the fingerprints

on the appendage do, in

fact, belong to Epperson.

Agent Church here

is from the FBI.

They want a full report

on this whole mess.

And I get the irony.

My name is Fingerling and I

worked on a severed finger.

Ha ha.

Is that ironic?

I never seem to be able

to use that word properly.

These are the reports.

Go ahead and give us

the lazy man's version.

I ran it through the usual

and came up with a whole

list of things that shouldn't

be camping out in his system.

Triorthocresyl phosphate,

methocarbamol, dantrolene,

amyl nitrite, which is

an offshoot of halothane,

and botulinum toxin.

It's stuff that can be

bought on the black market

without too much of a hassle.

But, the most interesting component

I found was Ginger Jake.

It's a Jamaican root

extract concoction

that can cause

partial paralysis...

That's full paralysis.

It leaves the cranial and

diaphragm nerves intact

so the victim cannot move, but

can still think and breathe.

It's been found in all the

Deathstalker's victims.

Look, I even circled it.

Cool.

Of course, we'll

run this up the pole

and check for any contraband.

It looks like Epperson

exhausted all his sources

on this case and I know the

bureau has done the same thing.

So, I doubt you guys are

gonna uncover anything new.

It's amazing what kind of drugs

you can buy online these days.

Sure.

So, okay.

Detective Epperson's

ex-wife was nice enough

to come down here and talk

to you for your report?

She's saving me

some drive time.

I'm surprised she did.

She's not a big fan

of the department.

Thank you for your time.

Agent.

Our entire department is

aware of what we're up against

and the likely outcome.

The lab reports

confirmed my suspicions.

I'm not gonna stand in

the way of your reports,

so please don't stand in the

way of us doing our work.

We're just trying

to get out guy back.

You won't even know I'm here.

Are you gonna tell

me what's going on?

I need to check

on a few things.

With a gun?

I need you to stay

here for a few hours.

Paul's in trouble, so is Olivia.

Please.

My mom is expecting me.

My stuff is packed

and on the driveway.

Please, I have to go out

and I cannot leave

him here alone.

I really need your help on this.

So, basically you're

not giving me a choice.

Okay, I will give you a

little bit and that's it.

This is for Olivia

and for Paul, not you.

Thank you, I think.

Don't answer any calls

you don't recognize.

Don't let him make any

calls, except to me, okay?

And do not say a

word about this.

Not to your mom, don't discuss

it with that friend I hate,

don't tweet it.

I got it.

Listen, no police.

What is happening?

Are we in danger?

I'm just being cautious.

This is for Paul,

this if for Olivia.

We'll talk about us later.

There's nothing

left to talk about.

She's running

She's running through my veins

She's running

There's a better way

She's always dissing me

She's running

She's running through my veins

(coughs)

(gasping)

Ow, God.

(grunting)

Oh, no.

No.

(metal scraping)

No!

When he jabbed me in the neck

with that syringe, lights out.

[Woman] So, you're

the reason we're here?

Look, I do a thing for money

and I make a few

enemies along the way.

But this guy, we did a

deal a few months back.

I guess he wasn't impressed.

You did a deal?

What he means to

say is that he took

the Deathstalker

for all he's worth

and then crapped all over

his life in the process.

Something like that.

So, you're just a con man.

You're just a thief.

I didn't know he

was who he really is.

If I did, darling,

I wouldn't be here.

Okay, so you and the cop

here, you guys know each other.

Why me?

I haven't been involved

with you or any case.

Yeah, well I don't

know any of you

and I certainly don't have

any money he can take.

Maybe this isn't about money.

Yeah?

Well, maybe it is about money.

You straight up robbed the

guy, but none of us did.

At least I didn't.

Maybe about him

killing all of us now

because you bullied him into

showing us his friggin' face.

You really know how to

pick 'em, don't you, Trick?

Why do you call him Trick?

Because he doesn't

want people to know

his real name is

Herbert Herbert.

(laughs) Yes, laugh.

It might have looked funny

on my birth certificate.

Oh, and by the way, my

last name's pronounced

Hebert if you care.

Yes, Epperson, I get it.

I screwed up, okay?

But, this isn't the first time

I've had one come after me.

You do remember what

happened with Jack.

You don't get this, do you?

This isn't one of

your games, Trick.

He doesn't care about the money.

He's a killer and he's

gonna kill every one of us

unless we figure

out a way out of it.

You're so full of sh*t.

Seriously.

If you know so much

then why are you here?

Yeah.

You expect us to believe

that you and Prick, Trick,

or whatever the hell,

that you guys ended up

in the exact same room years

later with the same psychopath?

I think there's

more to it then that.

What, then?

I don't know.

I haven't figured it out yet.

I think I know why I'm here

and our cop boy

Epperson might be here

because he was tracking this guy

and it just so happens

that we have history.

So, as it was, two

birds one stone.

If we can just figure out

what you people are doing here

then maybe we find a way

out of this together.

Frances Gussley.

Call me Gus.

I haven't been called

Frances since middle school.

Gus it is then.

Special agent Bobby Church.

We spoke earlier today.

I want to say I appreciate

you coming down here

given it's a

time-sensitive matter.

It's really helpful.

Have you seen it?

The finger.

So, they told you

what they found?

I've been on the

bench for two years.

I have a few connections.

Yeah, I understand that.

And no, I have not seen it,

but I have read the

toxicology report and...

I haven't talked

to him in four weeks.

That's what you

want to know, right?

I had to put Penny

down, the cat.

I thought he should

know, you know?

We rescued her together.

Has he mentioned

anything to you

that maybe seemed unusual?

I don't even know

what that would mean.

Irritated?

Yeah, he was irritated.

But, he always seemed

irritated when we spoke

after the split.

Was it a messy divorce?

I don't know why

that's relevant.

I have to look at

all the possibilities.

It's my job.

You know that I've been

asked all of these questions

by his department, don't you?

Why are you from another

field office, by the way?

I was married to a

cop for four years

and in the DA's office

before the bench.

I know a little

bit about protocol.

I get it, but you

gotta understand.

Your ex-husband hasn't

missed a day of work in years

and now, suddenly, he's

not heard from in two days.

Given the recent discovery.

His finger.

Given that, and his involvement

in high-profile cases,

they asked me to come

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